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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-21
rnK WIS FAILURE.

Five years ago Henry 3. Ives was q
clerk in New York City. Three years
aso the Stock Exchange refused to
allow q member 10 be associated In
partnership with Ives, because Of the
laltor's bad character. Yesterday
Iyes's assignee reported his liabilities
10 be over $4,000 900 and his nomi.
nal asse,s 10 be about t23, 600 900. II
remains 10 be determined whether or
not Ives Ia criminal. But such a
career Ia without parallel In the his.
tory Of fnpclerlng. As a financial
tour de farce, criminal or
otherwise, Il 10 astounding.
Mr.. Ives seems 10 have
taken his ayer just A. the doors Of the
peniteniiAry swung open TO admit
Ferdinand Ward. The cases., how.
ever. are not identical In these
features: Ives was rather the larger
man OF the two. His methods were
no, 50 vulgar ss wore those Of Ward.
He In not known 70 have forged
chsoka or 10 have tempered with bank
ledeers, or 10 have done anything OF
that kind, a. did Ward. His attorney
says that he KEEP, strictly within the
limit Of the law, although
leaving the inference that
he had no margin 10 spare. Wards
only object was 10 make q great deal
Of money by playing an ordinary
confidence game In very large way.
Ives had the establishment Of q great
railroad system In view. II he had
succeeded he would not only have
astonishsd the world, but would have
also won q certain sort Of public nd.
miration. Even now he has much
sympathy growing out Of the though,
Of what might have been. II he
should ultimately be proven q crlmi.
nal there will be many who
will condone his crime, because oI
Ia motive and la audacity. Then hi,
creditors ara railroads and very rich
men. There seems 10 be no widow,
and orphans olRmorlng at the doors o
bis banking house. The public
therefore, will conclude that they
should have known the man they wer,
dealing with, and that In al
probability they were awar,
OF his purposes and In bar
mony with H. II they did mo-
choose 10 he particular Is to his meth
ODDS, they certainly tave no claim
upon public sympathy Il lisa note
worthy fact that those who have sui
ie'ed ore not complaining very yoclier
ously, and It may be that Mr.. Ives,
creditors will prove 10 be his staunch
est defenders should the Grand Jury
. conclude 10 take the matter In hand
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begin work between September 10Th
and October LIST. The mill here will
have Q capacity Of from IT'S to 200 tons
per day. You often hear complaints
OF the scarcity Of cotton seed
with planters 10 the spring, l can't ex.
sctly understand what becomes Of all |
the seed, for only one.ssv, nth pro.
duced are crushed In the. mills. 1
think the per centum will be larger
this year. The largest number OF gal
Ions yet turned out was l,850,000 gal
Ions, bnt this year we calculate on
100000 gallons"
-.
II have just gosten here from long
trip through the West and large por-
ton Of the South" said Mr.. A. b
Sweeney, the general travelling agent
Ct the Collins Drug Company, Of 81.
Louis, as he famed himself with his
vide brimmed straw hat, as he sat In
front Of the Gsyoso Hotel
last night. took q walk
around over a good part OF the city
this afternoon. There have been won.
derful improvements since / wss here
last. l think Memphis resembles
strongly some Of the Western towns
Of phenomenal growth. / would not
be surprised to see II do the tame
thing that the little town OF HutcbisoD,
Kss., has done. Do you know that
four years ago that town only had
1900 inhabitants, and now II has l5,-
600 l bought some land there about
that time for 81 20 an acre; refused
$50 an acre for 1t short time ago.
From what SEQ and learn, Memphis
Is increasing In the ssms ratio. The
crops out West are good, and In por.
tlons OF the South that / have been
over they are exceptionally fine"
"How Ia the insurance busineesf"
was asked Mr.. W. M, Tyler, special
agent Of the North British aud Mer-
chants Insurance Company, who Is
here from Newport, KY, looking after
the interests OF his company, aud who
has consummst, d the purchase OF the
Memphis Fire Company for his corpo.
ration. Business Is good with
us here" he replied; mo city In
tlo Cuuuti1 10 Ucttot pfosCOAou w Ia
surance than Memphis, and policies
are eagerly sought for by all compa-
niss. l would rather live In Memphis
than any other city have seen in
the South. I'm sure I've not been In
one that has better hotel and railroad
facilities. There Is agreat future for
this town.
-.
"What is the news from Bolivar
county, Sheriff scott?'
Everything is comparatively quiet
though we are having q lively pri'
mary canvass"
"You ave candidate for reelection
l believe 2"
"Yes; l have had the efiice for ioul
years and want II for two more
My friondo are confident tina
l will be nominated, and reckon
/ will. The Democratic ticket vii
have no opposition 30 far as / car
learn. This Ia tho frat year that thu
Democrats could nominate q straigh
ticket with the assurance that IL woulC
be elected. We will have no fnsior
with the negroes as heret ofure
Our crops are not ss good as quoted
The army worm has appeared In thu
southern part Of the county, but, st
far, has not done much damage. WI
will make all We can gather"
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nessoe, July 4. 1857. On his election
to the bishopric Of Texas in 1850 he
became trustee OK officio. From the
inception Of this great school Of 70.
lision and learning he has ever been
one Of Its most ardent friends and
active supporters.
The first chancellor was Bishop
Osey, OF Tennessee, who died In 1858;
the second Bishop Elliott, of Georgia,
who died In 1855, and the third the
late lsmented Bishop Green, OF Mis,is
sippi, who died In February last.
OF the original trustees but four now
survive, viz the present chancellor,
the Rev. David Pise, D. D, then Of
this diocese OF Tennessee; Msj. G. r.
Fairbanks, OF Florida, and Col. Pol.
lard, Of Montgomery, Ala.
The board Is composed OF the bish.
ops OF and one clerical and two lay
trustees from the dioceses OF North
| Carolina, Esst Csroiins, South Csro.
lima, Georgia, Florids, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Tennessee, aud the mis-.
sionsry jurisdictions OF Northern and
Western Texas, with three trustees
elected by the associate alumni Of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in all. The
clerical and lay trustees are elected for
a term OF three years. The landed
estate Of the university, acquired by
gift aud purchase, consists Of between
1000 and 10000 acres on O beautiful
plateau OF one Of the spurs Of the
Cumberland mountain, 1000 feet above
the sea level, with q climate mos,
healthiul and invigorating, numerous
springs Of purest water, ant
inexhsustible supplies Of timber ant
rock for building purposes. The en-
tire university domain is underlaid b.
q strata Of valuable coal, which
will be a source Of great wealth whei
ultimately developed, with facilitle
for transportation. A branch Of wha
Is now the Nashville, Chattanoogl
and st. Louis railroad runs up tn
mountain and through the domain Il
the coal mines beyond. This branch
was built about 1854, and though up
parently dangerous because Of o.
accent Of about 800 feet within
distance Of seven miles, has, In nesrl.
entire exemption from loss Of life o.
serious accident, been withou
parallel, perhaps, in railroad history
At their LATE meeting the trustee
were encouraged TO find the univeIsit
!, steadily advancing In every elemen
OF growth and sperity. The diocet
: Of Tennessee has the largest humble
}. Of students. Liberal donations hsv
3 been made through the past, an
. noble requests have already been Lei
, by will, but IA earneet, II Is HOPED, {
what will be done In the future.
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A Roman GERS Mistake.

CHICAGO, ILL, August 20.-An err
ror, as absurd s' Il was unfortunate,
crept into some OF the specials de-
scribing the scenes In Chatsworlh FOL
loving the recent wreck. 1t was stat
ed that one Ct the passengers on the
Ill fsted train, Mits Fannie Brebnep
Of Pennington, ILL.,, had been rem.
dered insane by the. accident. and was
moaning deliriously on q cot In the
town hall, while her beirothed hus-
band, q Mr.. Walters, was stretched on
q bed OF pain only few feet distant.
All this is incorrect, and has caused
no little embarrassment 10 Miss Breb-
ner and her irisnds. The young lady
passed through the di.ssler unhurt,
and her appearance among the wound.
ed in Chatsvorth was solely In the CO.
pacitJ Of nurse. Mr.. Walters was
simply ore Of those under her care.
The tervices Of Mss Brebner and 9th.
ers equally sell sscr 6cing, who 70.
NAMED with the wounded, were ines
Unable, and II Is . ply that abe
should be the victim Of what was
doubtless q mistake, due - the gen.
efal confuaif IN.
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GLASSES.

OhhBShHs
A correspondent Of the APPEAL de- |
sires to know what the papers mean
when using the terms upper classes"
and slower classes" and he makes the
point that In this free American coun-
try there are no "class" distinctions.
This inquiry suggests that writers 40
much toward the creation Of classes
by using the word as convenient
description. Those who do this are
quite unable TO draw q line Of separa.
ton. In this American world Of
ours We are up today and down
tomorrow, and Fortune Is so
frequently changing her perch that
people cannot remain In classes.
The fact that q millionaire dwells
amid luxurious surroundings Is
no guarantee that his children's
children may not dad II difficult to OBJ.
tain their daily bread, and the fact
that an immigrant sets foot upon
American soil with nothing but his
muscles TO rely upon for subsistence
does not Justify the prediction that his
defendants may not "ride In chaises.' ~
The spirit Of !the government and the
theories OF the laws do not tend TO the
fixing Of men into permanent groups.
We have no king with his court as On
essential factor In government, and, a.
q conse quencs, there can be no "class.
es"in American society, unless the
ownership Of great wealth or nc
wealth may produce Classes" But
as we have said, riches are prone IA
take wings In America, and the poor
Of last autumn may be the rich o.
next spring. Because Of these trans
mutations, "clnsses" cannot be GO
tabiished firmly In American society
Nevertheless, the constant and ipju
dicious use Of the word by writers ha
a bad effect, In that It implies (
recognition Of the existence Of wei
defined Glasses" As conseq uence
many young persons born to poo
estate are made 10 feel that by som,
decree Of fate they have been doome,
10 dwell for the allotted perio,
Of their lives In q certain
predestined sphere Of hard labor an,
light reward. This idea. Ia, fatal /
q high development OF manhood
When boy sets ont IN aarn his live
llhood he should feel that the Who'll
empire Of the earth's possibilities
bis 10 win, II he can; that fate ha,
thrown no bar across his way; that
indeed. he 10 not born into q Rxe,
position In life. This Is the assuranc
that the fathers Of the republic CAV,
him, and 10 speak or write Of "clssses'
10 10 intimate that the fathers failed h
achieve that which they sought. The.
did not fail, a. any candid observer o
American lie must ADMIT.
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Yirem.n WIN ral. n Trim.

NKw YoRx, August 20.-nany mem.
bers Of the Veteran Firemen's Ass6
citation, Of this city, are going to join
in an excursion 10 San Francisco. The
party will leave Weehswken at noon
on September 5;b, arrive In San Fran
cisco September 18th, leave there on
September lS.h, and get back to New
York October let. On the journey 10
San Franc eco stops will be made al
Chicago, 0mahs, Sal, Lake City and
sacrsmrnlo, aud on the return jour.
ney at Denver, Kansas City, st. Louis,
Louisville, OiEcinuaii, Cleveland and
Niagara Falls. At ali Of these places
receptions and entertainments have
been offered 10 the veterans OF the red
shirt, and the one slrious problem
they have 10 confront Ia how 10 escape
being emoihered by hospitality. A
special train OF Pullman cars will 40
commodsts the travellers, and, accord.
ing 20 the bill Of fare, mes 9 will be Of
the beet kind. II the veteran hremen
don't have q coed time IL will be their
own fault.
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Gradaat~.

The following young men completed
the oourte OF studies aud feeelved
their diplomas ~ Leddln's BusInsa,
College last "Wednesday: ]. T Gather
Williston, Tenn. Willie White. Mem
phls, w. NJ. Pounds, Jonosboro' An /,
W. w. Scott, Kerryille, Tenn. ise
0tienhelmer, Memphla; j. Y Dean.
Cherokee, Ala. The following student,
viii graduate TIL, week; r. o, Kinds.
Gunio.n, Miss, A. ID. shoiner, Gallo.
way, Tenn Russell NJ. Weaver,
Mason, Tenn. Since the lat oi lime
twen,y.nine students, rep eaentlr q
ssven States, have graduated N this
institution. We are pleased 10 tnow
that. our young friend Mr.. FIank
Davis 10 general bookkeeper for the
new bank Just opensd-ths Msmphis
Oily Fire Insurance Bank. Mr.. Davis
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THE STRAW BOARD POOL.
One OF the Strongest Trusts kn the
Country.


CLEVELAND, O., August 20.-A
special to the Leader from Akron, o.,
says: The Uuion Straw Board Com.
pany Of the United States, an organi.
zation OF straw board manufacturers
who produce about 95 per cent. OF the
product of the country, have just
made deal which will result in the
formation Of one Of the strongest
trusts in the land. The an
nouncemsnt was made here to-
day that the Akron Straw
Board Works, which EN- ploys 150 men
and adds nearly $3.50, 0O0 year to the
wealth Of Akron and surrounding
country, had sold out to the Union
Straw Board Company and was to be
shut down indefinitely. Information
was obtained In the same connection
that the syndicate had also bought
seven other straw board plants before
the pool had marketed the product OF
all It's members, and Its directors have
from time to time ordered shut down
some OF the various mills to prevent
rapid accumulation Of surplus product.
In spite Of this there 10 still ABOUT one
third more straw board made than
con be marketed.
1t was therefore decided to buy out.
right and to shut down, probably per.
msnently, the following mile, for
which negotiations have Just been
completed, the aggregate purchase
price being S6,000,0O0: Akron Straw
Board Works, Akron, O.; Lyons Pa.
per Mile, Lyons, Pa, and Straw Board
Works at Upper sandusky, O., Tippe-
canoe, o., Hamilton, o, Kanskee,
III Woou,er, o., end Rockford, Ill.
The members Of the syndicate argue
that this move will prevent over pro.
duc,ion, and will permit the running
OF the remaining seventeen nails the
year round. They argue, further, thal
Hnder the combinsiion's management
straw board can be made cheaper thar
ever. The mills which remain activG
are the best equipped in the country.
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BIaise n d ,ns Torsixs Vote.

To the kditor OF the Appeai
HIper's Weekly, George William
Curtis's mouthpiece, lately discussing
the Irish vote with reference to Mr..
Blaine, called attention TO thu large
number OF Eaglishmsn and Irish
oraugemen In this country who were
ignored a. factors on the opposite
aide. Mr.. Curtis, like the majority q
tie American people, forgot one Inn
portant point In this connection,
which Ia this; Ensishmen and
Orangemen, ne q rule, maintain their
loyalty 10 the throne oil England In
this. AZ In all other countries, and
o,nsidar a lrailoIous TO siirm sllegi.
snce 10 any other government They
emIgrale and accumulate, bat rarely
become A part OF the community
shere they settle, except, indeed, In the
Rrtiah colonies. This Ia no reyela'
ton. N is known by every British
ami ,et here and elsewhere. IL was
.hosn during the late war, shsn they
.scspsd military duly, North and
south-thereiore, a. voting factors
he Easlishmen and ofansemen
oount for little, and they are proud Of
4, Va lar "a . basis for ca culaiion 10
eouoerpsd, Il may be accepted |. .
suls that The two claxss named never
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
The Ownership OF Land.


To the Editor Of the Appeal;
The Syracuse convention has placed
itself on record as being radically op
posed to socialism, and TO every "ism"
thst Ia not In complete harmony with
American institutions. II is to be
hoped that the doctrines enuncisted
by their representative body will be
accepted for discussion by intelligen.
people, rather than those wrongly at.
tribuied to them, which are entirely
Of fore On growth. The questions Of
Gland for the people" taking land
on the basis Of rental values" mo taI
on energy AND enterprise" should be-
calmly aud nationally discussed
Neither should tn 90 doctrines be held
mp 90 the personal hobbies Of Henry
George or any other individual, for
they are ~ old 40 civilization, anu are
upheld and advocated by many Of the
meet enlightened men Of the age.
Herbert Spencer In his usual forclbls
and logical manner proves that indi-
viduAl owneish p OF land 10 contrary
10 moral and natural law.
Memphis, August %. DELTA.
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TnkRK Ia 10 sluihern Indiana an or.
EsnE,tion Of nisht rAiderV Known a.
the "whits Ops" from the garb they
assume. They began operating q year
or more ago, and Tor q time confined
themselves 10 tbs punishment Of vile.
beaterp, loaieu and ponons Of that
class. The country In which they
aouristei Ia old, but aid and sparsely
settled % compared with other sec
lions Of the State. Until recently they
oonhred Themselves 10 stitching those
who had ia'lsn under their difpleas.
ure, and their raids we're inirequent.
IA,ierly, however, they have terror.
iE,d the region by highland
ed oulrages, and q call has
been made upon tho Governor
Of tho State Tor their determination.
The origin Of the organisation is q
mys'sry. There wss nothing Ia tho
state OF society that could have given
II any horl Of Qualification, tic courts
being In good Iepute. For n long
time the people tolerated II without
complaint, and this outside world
heard nothing Of H. About six
months ago a correspondent Of Ia Oin-
Snnati paper happened 10 be In the
country on another mission and was
appraised Of Ia existence accidentally.
He In ,estIsaled the msiter and print
ed The iacb be discovered. Since that
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-21
WHAT WOMEN RISK.
A Peculiar Danger of Travel I'm
the street Oars.

~ see you have been hitting the
street railroad company some de-
servedly hard rsps in your recent Is
suee," remarked a we'll known physi-
clan, who enjoys a most lucrative
practice, to reporter yesterday; "but
there is one most serious point which
l see you have thus far overlooked,
and for fear that you will continue 70
do 50, will give you the benefit cf 1t,
l do not see how any one except a
paid hireling can uphold or defend the
street car company in It's persistent
mIs're atmont Of its patrons. The &C.
commodations are not fit for
men, and / do think that ladies
should cease 10 ride on the
cars until they can be civilly treated.
The point which l wish to make as
physician 10 in regard 10 ladies who
who are in defeats health. You have
no idea how oitea hear lady patients
complaining Of the pain which they
suffer flo n the iousn jostling Of the
cars passing over the i'll kept cross.
ings and the deep ruts along the
streets. Now, the other day q lady
we'll known in this city, came into my
Office. / saw that she was almost
faintiug. / Thought che was probably
about 10 be overcome by the heat, but
after resting q few minutes she ex.
planned that she had come down town
on red car, and at one Of the cross.
ings che had been almost thrown
from her seat by violent jerk Of the
car. Her condition was such that
she could not stand such treatment,
and the lady was quite Ill for several
days. / bave advised my lady patients
who suffer from these natural causes
not to ride on the street cars. This ID
no recent advice, for my attention was
called to its deleterious effect upon
them long before your paper began
Its war upon that corporation. II ia
no. only picsyuuish but danger.
Gus policy for this stalls art mono.
poly 10 compel ladies, whether they
be sick or not, 10 be tossec from one
side Of their cars 10 the other 10
pay II tribute. AZ i told you
just now, have seen many ladies who
were In delicate conditions seriously
effected by the rough movements Of
the cora. i have no doubt that many
poor woman, who was not able 10 &c
TO the expense Of summoning a physi.
clan TO bedside which she ought moi
TO have left, but would gather mp al
her strength a. q nickel or 20 Of hard
earned moaey and board car 20 &c
10 consult a physician, has gone home
taken 10 her bed, AID YER risen. hei
malsdy being aggravated and hei
death precipitaled by being jerkec
and jostled over the rough street,
In car run by company
regardless OF the comforts Of i,s Gus
TONERS and Tor no other purpose thar
10 horde money. You can use this 4
you with, for Il is fact, and / state h
from q professional observation tina
bears me out In u"
The reporter had reviewed the con
duct OF ibis callous corporation from
ovory other standpoint but this one
aud teeing the force and humanity o
II, was struck with the idea Of giyln,
u 10 the public.
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those Of Grant and Mcclellan. The
reading Ia very interesting.


Rebecca Harding Davis, in her arti.
cles entitled Here and There Through
the South" now running through. the
HarperB', Ia giving some bright and
opportune sketches Of life In the new
South. She Yields a graceful pen,
and II her pictures bear too strong
coloring at times, 1t may be excused
on the ground OF patriotic love.
The series OF summer novelsin paper
back, brought out by Tichnor 4 Co.,
embrace some well known works Of
fiction. Their low price puts them in
reach Of every one. Among them are:
"The Story Of Margaret Kept," by
Henry Hayes: Guenn," by Blanche
Howard; "A Reverend Idol" "Df.
Breen's Practice" by w. ID. Howslls;
"The House at High Bridge" by
Edgar Fswcett.
In recent Concord lecture Prof.
Davidson predicted that the time Ia
not far distant when Z)la's novels will
rscsiys a cordial liberation from an
American public. This prediction
leads the Boston Advocate into eau
toes QUESTION az to "where are we
driftine?" We can hardly think that
our moral system will permit free
perussl Of lola. Books like his, as
with all intsrd lcted literature, will be
read by few holder persons, but lola
In the original should DO consigned TO
the flAmoe. And yet Z)ia Ia
a realist In the fullest aud
broadest sense. Realism In nov.
els Ia the war cry OF host Of our mod.
ern novelists, but what Is the limit
they would place on realistic princi.
pies? There is none, an author must
be either excessively vile or inanel,
stupid. He either shocks the moral
sense on one hand or lulle the intellect
TO slumber on the other.
Trus realism is what We gather
from life and not from our magma.
tioss. No writer has succeeded in
bringing his readers 80 clote to life as
Count Tostoi. Free from all sffecta
ton OF style or sentiment, he pictures
life as he finds II, pulsating daily un.
der the routine OF duty and labor. Hi
latest book Sebsstopol, gives graphic
pictures OF the great seige and show
that heroes are the rule instead OF ex
, csption. Mr.. Howell's commendat'o or
, Of Tolstoi will 90 far toward popular
iElng his works, for he writes for ID,
human race and the lessons Of life Car
be learned as we'll from this Russian
, povelibtas from the Book OF Pfecepts
Howslls says OF him o'getting hi
!. own works OF realistic methods), "II
his books. you seem 10 come face h
face with human nature for the fire
time In fiction. All other fc ion q
times seems fiction; these alone seen
tina very tru,h alvayau